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Table 2 Physiological properties of C. defragrans strains growing with different monoterpenes

From: Physiology of deletion mutants in the anaerobic β-myrcene degradation pathway in Castellaniella defragrans

	α-Phellandrene			Limonene			β-Myrcene
	65Phen	Δ*geoA*	Δ*geoA* comp	65Phen	Δ*geoA*	Δ*geoA* comp	65Phen	Δ*geoA*	Δ*geoA* comp
MaxOD₆₆₀	0.321	0.217	0.342	0.318	0.174	0.347	0.155	0.066	0.149
Generation time [h]	9.8	34.9	13.5	25.4	50.8	44.9	46.9	57.1	45.8
NO₃^- consumed [mM]	10	10	10	10	10	10	7.3	5.8	8.1
NO₂^- formed [mM]	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.22	0	0.009
Biomass formed [g/L]	0.34	0.23	0.32	0.35	0.22	0.35	0.14	0.08	0.17

C. defragrans strains 65Phen (wild type), Δgeo A and Δgeo A comp were grown under standard conditions at 28°C for 280 h (α-phellandrene, limonene) or for 304 h (β-myrcene) with 4 mM monoterpene (in HMN) and 10 mM nitrate. As negative control served a culture without inoculum.

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